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Julie Powell Receiving Honorary Diploma

Julie Powell, author of Julie & Julia, recently received an honorary Le Cordon Bleu diploma from President of Le Cordon International, Mr. André Cointreau, on July 1, 2009 at the Comédie-Française in Paris.  Initially a blog, the book follows the story of Julie Powel who decides to take a sabbatical year to make 524 recipes in 365 days from Julia Child’s book “Mastering the Art of French of Cooking”.

Julia Child became a celebrity chef after she graduated from Le Cordon Bleu Paris in 1951.  Due to the book’s success, Julie & Julia is now a major motion picture (Columbia Pictures). It was produced by Nora Ephron and stars Meryl Streep as Julia Child, Amy Adams as Julie Powell and Stanley Tucci as Paul Child. The film will be released in U.S. in August, 2009 and in France in September.

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